Compass



Jan. 16, 1923. 1,442,143.

H. GOLDBLATT.

COMPASS.

FILED SEPT. 3. 1920.

INVENTOR GOZQZZQZZ ATTORNEYS- I Patented Jan. 16, 1 923 mm Gem ni or am ss;

" A plication filed September 3, i920] set-a1 no, 407,935. A

v To aZZ whom it may concem: J

Be it known that'I,HENnY G'oLonLArT, a citizen of thejUnited States, and a resident of the city of-Chicago, in the 'countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful. Improvement in Com passes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

My invention relatesto improvements in pocket compasses,andit consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a compass by means of which the direction in which a person is facing or proceeding may be actually indicated by the needle 21tself, thereby eliminating any necessityior calculation or estimate, such as isnecessary with the ordinary compass.

A further object of my invention is to provide a compass-which may be used in the ordinary manner to indicate the north by means of the needle or which may be used to indicate by the needle the direction in which a person is facing.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel features of the invention'will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims-1 My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming-part of this ap- V plication in which Figure l is a face view of the preferred form of the device, and

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1. I

In the drawings 1 indicates a cylindrical casing of the usual form, having .a needle 2 pivotally mounted therein on a support 3. A glass cover 4 is preferably provided. The bottom of the casing 1 is provided with a dial like that indicated in Figure 1. This consists of an outer circle or ring 5 having marked thereon a scale and an inner concentric ring 6. On opposite sides of the center are the letters N and S. The outer ring is also provided with letters indicating directions such as E for east, W for west etc; The letters E and W however are not placed as on an ordinary compass dialbut are transposed, that is, E is placed to the v left of the needle (when the needle is in the position shown in Fig. 1') and W to the.

right. The letters S-E,'N E, SW andN'W are also transposed. The-inner ring is lettered, as in the ordinary compass, with to 2.]A compass right" {the le hen "the latter Qis mi g t Non the dial.

Direction you "are going ,"while within the inner circle is the legendVHold cOmPaLsS with N direotly'awayfromiyo-ui? I From theforegoing description of the various parts of thejdevice the operation thereof be readily understood.

that it *desiredto know the directlon in which'a person is proceeding. He

will then directly indicate on the outer ring the direction in which the. person i facing. v On the ordinary compass the needle of course indicates the north and not the direction of Between the two'circlesor ri ngs is alegend holds the compass with directly away. from him, in accordance with the legend on the face of the dial. The head of the needle .netic needle pivot-ally rnounted within the f casing dial having a pair of concentric clrcles imprinted thereon, and having the I letters N and S to indicate north and southrespectively, the outer circlebeing provided with the letters to the right of the median line between the. letters Nand S to represent,

westerly directions and having letters onthe opposite sides of'sa-id median line to represent easterly directions,and said inner circle having. the letter E on the right of the. me

dian line and registering with the letter on the outer circle and letter ,W registering, with the letter on the oppositeside of the median line.

comprising a casing, a magnetic needle "pivotally mounted within the 1 casing a'dial having-a'pairof concentric circles imprinted thereon, and having the letters N and S to indicate north and south respectively, the outer circle being provided.

with letters onthe right of the median line between theletters N and S to ,repre sent westerly directions andhaving letters on the opposite side of said niedianvline to represent easterly directions, and'saidi'nner circle having the letter E on the right of the median line and registering with theletter W on the outercircle and the letter W 'r'egis tering with the letter on the opposite sidev of the median line, the space within the inner circle being provided with data for using the device.

3. The combination with a compass comprising a dial having letters imprinted thereon, said ietters indicating the principal points of the compass in their true relation to one another, and a magnetic needle pivotally' mounted on said dial, of additional letters imprinted on' said dial adjacent to and on the outer side of said first named letters, said additional letters being arranged with respect to said first named letters so that the N and S, representing north and south, of-both sets of letters are at common points respectively, said additional letters on the right of a median line between said N and S letters indicating westerly directions, and said second named letters on the leftof said inedianline indicating east erly-dir'ections. y

4. The combination with a device of the character described having a. magnetic needle, of a dial having a pair of concentric circles imprinted thereon, and having the having the letter E on the right of themedian line and registering with the letter V on the outer circle, the letter WV registering with the letter E on the opposite side of the median line. I

. I HENRY GOLDBLATT. 

